The printable charts and programming (CHIRP / RT-Systems) data files for the CARES ICS-217A “Green U1” Comm Plan are available here.

Please note that the only change in the U1 update, of this version of the Comm Plan, is the frequency change for channel 29 / ‘LO1’, the primary repeater used by Lake Oswego ARES.

Printable files (.pdf )

   all bands – ‘portrait’ layout (multi-page)

   all bands – ‘landscape’ layout (multi-page)

   2M & 70cm only – 2 page portrait layout

CHIRP programming files… spreadsheet format (.csv text files)

   2M & 70cm – CARES ICS-217A GRN (U1) 2M-70cm CHIRP

   all bands – CARES ICS-217A GRN (U1) all-band CHIRP (.zip archive)

RT-Systems programming files… spreadsheet format (.csv text files)

   2M & 70cm – CARES ICS-217A GRN (U1) 2M-70cm RT-Sys

   all bands – CARES ICS-217A GRN (U1) all-band RT-Sys (.zip archive)

Documents

Communication Planning for CARES… A New Frequency Plan, and How to Use It

   2021-05-13 – presentation by Eric Dausman

Programming your radio with the free ‘CHIRP’ utility – Getting the Data back into a Radio (CHIRP)

Notes regarding use of the RT System programming files- Andrew Watson N1ACW –  Regarding the RT Systems CSV files